Top weekend shows: Loretta Lynn, American Music Festival

Greg KotTribune critic

Loretta Lynn: The 79-year-old country icon has never gone out of style with her no-guff attitude and classic songs such as “Fist City,” “Rated X” and “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” 5 p.m. Friday with Court Yard Hounds at the Petrillo Stage in Grant Park during Taste of Chicago, free; explorechicago.org.

American Music Festival: FitzGerald’s annual tribute to American roots music is a family affair with lots of dancing, plus headliners Dave Alvin and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, 4:30 p.m. Friday and noon Saturday-Sunday at FitzGerald’s, 6615 Roosevelt Rd., Berwyn, $30 (walk-up) or $75 three-day pass via ticketweb.com.